Table 3.

Percentage of patients on dialysis who had a prescription for ≥90 days of a specific opioid by year

Opioida	2006, %	2007, %	2008, %	2009, %	2010, %
Dialysis
Hydrocodone	8.6	9.0	10.1	10.9	11.7
Oxycodone	4.1	4.2	4.6	5.0	5.4
Propoxyphene	2.2	2.2	2.0	1.8	1.4
Tramadol	1.7	1.8	2.1	2.2	2.5
Codeine	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6
Morphine	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7
Hydromorphone	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6
Fentanyl	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3
HD
Hydrocodone	8.8	9.2	10.2	11.1	11.9
Oxycodone	4.1	4.3	4.7	5.1	5.6
Propoxyphene	2.2	2.2	2.0	1.8	1.4
Tramadol	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.2	2.6
Codeine	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7
Morphine	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7
Hydromorphone	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6
Fentanyl	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3
PD
Hydrocodone	6.1	6.4	7.2	7.2	8.5
Oxycodone	3.4	2.8	3.1	3.3	3.4
Propoxyphene	1.5	2.0	1.8	1.7	1.3
Tramadol	1.0	1.2	1.5	1.4	1.7
Codeine	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3
Morphine	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
Hydromorphone	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4
Fentanyl	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.8

Chronic use is not mutually exclusive; a person could have a ≥90-day prescription for more than one opioid medication.

^aFilled prescription for a 90-day or more supply within the study year.